However, Nishiemon discovered too late, the offensive of the Ming Imperial fleet was too fierce, and countless shells bombarded repeatedly, which had already bombed the entire Edo Bay beyond recognition, and at the beginning, the artillery fire was still concentrated on the two forts, and half an hour later, it was extended to the entire military port and wharf of Edo Bay, covering the shelling indiscriminately, and I don't know how much was destroyed by the houses and shops alone.

As the capital of Toei, Edo Castle is not without artillery battalions, but there are two batteries in Edo Bay, and the Toei Marine Division is constantly cruising in Edo Bay on weekdays, so how can the safety of Edo Bay be pinned on the artillery battalion? The artillery battalions of Toei were all stationed in the west of Edo Castle, more than 20 miles from Edo Bay, and with the speed of the artillery, the distance of 20 miles was enough for the artillery to walk for two or three hours, and the artillery battalion was still on the way to come.

"Master Overseer, we can't continue to bombard like this, we have two big battles, and the ammunition has been used up, and the remaining shells are only enough for us to carry out a big war, and the consumption is too great......"

Du Xin on the side looked frightened, it was a pleasure to fight with such a superintendent, but it was too much of a waste of silver, in order to support this expedition to Dongying, the imperial court equipped the imperial fleet with more than 150,000 rounds of shells, yesterday's big battle, the entire fleet had consumed 50,000 rounds, and today the raid on Edo Bay, and more than 30,000 rounds were consumed, compared to Lord Zheng's side for the past two days, and the Dongying fleet and the Zheng family fleet have not been less warned, I am afraid that this cannonball will not be able to make up 50,000 rounds, The remaining artillery shells of the former army battalion and the Chinese army battalion are only more than 20,000 rounds, and they are still fighting? What if the Toei fleet comes back, blocking their own fleet in Edo Bay, plus the artillery on land, it is enough for the fleet to drink a pot.

Hearing this, Cha Zhu nodded and said: "What's the matter, I knew that Lao Tzu would have brought more ammunition out, and this big war has just begun to replenish ammunition, but it is very troublesome, back and forth, even if it is not far from Songjiang Mansion, it will take ten days!" Du Xin, pay attention to the sea, find a live mouth, pull one up, we need someone to send a message to Emperor Toei and the Tokugawa shogunate, order the fleet, prepare to withdraw from the battle, prepare to return, this time is just a lesson for Toei to give blood, first concentrate on cleaning up the Hirado Mishima and Nagasaki Domain! ”

Du Xin hurriedly nodded in agreement, and began to issue orders, and the two fleets turned their bows and headed for the sea off Edo Bay.

As soon as he turned around, the sentry on the watchtower exclaimed, "Lord Overseer, in the southeast direction ahead, a fleet of about dozens of warships has been discovered, and we are no more than twenty miles away!" ”

Cha Zhu's heart jumped when he heard this, so fast, it must be that the Dongying fleet came back to help, and their reaction was fast enough, but Lao Tzu's speed was faster, and he had already beaten Edo Bay, and then, Lao Tzu won't play with you!

"Order the fleet, line up in a linear formation, accelerate forward, enter the open sea, if the Dongying fleet dares to make a move, then leave them a hard lesson and then retreat!"

Yes, Matsudaira Nobutsuna led the Toei fleet to finally kill back, I have to admit that on the territory of the coastal area of Dongying, the imperial fleet is far less familiar with this sea area than Matsudaira Nobutsuna, because although the fleet of the bolt moved several hours early, galloping all the way, and did not rest, it was also chased by the fleet of the east, and the time difference between the two arrived at Edo Port was less than two hours, if it was not for the fleet led by Zheng Haotian for more than two hours, the fleet of the bolt would really be caught up by the fleet of the towing fleet from behind!

Nobutsuna Matsudaira stood on the bow of the boat, holding a telescope in his hand, and kept looking in the direction of Edo Bay, which was now only thirty miles away, and looking through the telescope, he saw that the flames were still rising and the smoke was thick with gunpowder, and it was clear that a fierce battle had just taken place here, and even now it is impossible to conclude whether the battle is over or not.

Well?

Matsudaira Nobutsuna finally discovered the traces of the Ming fleet, a fleet has begun to move in the southeast direction, this is the Ming fleet to withdraw from Edo Bay, so quickly withdraw from the battle, could it be that they were suppressed by the two batteries in Edo Bay?

Matsudaira Nobutsuna frowned, however, now is not the time to think about this, the most important thing is not to have any accidents in Edowan!

"Give the order to the fleet, prepare for battle, once the Ming fleet approaches, attack with all your might, Bage Yalu, this group of extremely arrogant bastards, Lao Tzu will make them pay a heavy price!"

Soon the two fleets met off the coast of Edo Bay, but before the Dongying fleet could make a move, the Ming fleet was the first to fight!

These soldiers of the Ming fleet have just gone crazy, and the crazy attack has made these people have a bloodthirsty light in their eyes, at this time, even if it is a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, they dare to rush forward with a knife!

Boom Boom Boom ......

As soon as it came up, it was a salvo, countless shells, and at the same time rushed towards the Dongying fleet!

"Yaga!"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna's face was pale, these Ming fleets were too arrogant, it seemed that the battle situation in Edo Bay was not as optimistic as imagined, if it was really a feather return, they couldn't be so arrogant!

"Order, line up to attack!"

The two fleets launched an encounter on the open sea, however, it is obvious that the current Dongying fleet is not the opponent of the Ming fleet, after all, the hits here are the ace combat power of the imperial fleet, and its strength should not be underestimated, especially the power of flowering bombs and rockets, which really makes the opponent have a headache, this is simply the arrival of the god of fire, but if it is hit by shells and rockets, it is definitely a raging fire!

After all, the size of the battleships of the Dongying fleet is too small, and they were hit by the same number of shells, and the Ming battleship is just scratching the skin, but for the Dongying battleship, it is a nerve!

"General, now is not the time for us to fight a decisive battle with the Ming fleet, we must rush back to Edo as soon as possible......"

The captain on the side, Jiro Nagata, said urgently, "Edo Castle is important!" ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna was shocked, Nagata Jiro said well, what's the use of fighting to the death with the Ming army now, if you continue to fight like this, not only will it be difficult for you to win, but you will suffer a big loss in the end, no one in Dongying has money in the Ming Empire, this fleet is gone, but I don't know how much time it will take to rebuild.

"Order, get rid of the Ming fleet and retreat to Edo Bay first!"

(End of chapter)